Modern Methods of Plant Analysis When the handbook Modern Methods of Plant Analysis, was first introduced in 1954, the considerations were: 1. the dependence of scientific progress in biology on the improvement of existing and the introduction of new methods; 2. the difficulty in finding many new analytical methods in specialized journals which are normally not accessible to experimental plant biologists; 3. the fact that in the methods sections of papers the description of methods is frequently so compact, or even sometimes to incomplete, that it is difficult to reproduce experiments. These considerations still stand today. The series was highly successful, seven volumes appearing between 1956 and 1964. Since there is still today a demand for the old series, the publisher has decided to resume publication of Modern Methods of Plant Analysis. It is hoped that the New Series will be just as acceptable to those working in plant sciences and related fields as the early volumes undoubtedly were. It is difficult to single out the major reasons for the success of any publication, but we believe that the methods published in the first series were up-to-date at the time and presented in a way that made description, as applied to plant material, complete in itself with little need to consult other publications. Contribution authors have attempted to follow these guidelines in this New Series of volumes. Editorial The earlier series of Modern Methods of Plant Analysis was initiated by Michel V. Front Matter....Pages I-XVII Fractionation of Cell Wall Components....Pages 1-17 Isolation and Analysis of Cell Wall Polymers from Olive Pulp....Pages 19-44 Determination of Cell Wall Autolysis....Pages 45-61 Cell Wall Porosity and Its Determination....Pages 63-80 Analysis of Chitin Biosynthesis....Pages 81-94 Analysis of Plant-Substratum Adhesives....Pages 95-116 Biochemical, Immunological and Molecular Analyses of Extensin....Pages 117-128 Analysis of Pectin Structure by HPAEC-PAD....Pages 129-146 Characterization of Oligosaccharides Derived from Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides by On-Line High-Performance Anion-Exchange Chromatography Thermospray Mass Spectrometry....Pages 147-163 Analysis of Pectin Methyl Esterases....Pages 165-180 Probing the Subunit Composition and Topology of Plasma Membrane-Bound (1,3)-β-Glucan (Callose) Synthases....Pages 181-197 Back Matter....Pages 199-205 This book brings together techniques dealing with those parts of plant cells which have often been thought of as being extremely difficult to analyse. Cell wall porosity adhesives, proteins, chitin, lignin, oligosaccharides, pectins and other polymers are all the subject of analytical procedures in this volume. Wherever possible, the methods stand alone with little or no necessity to consult other works to carry out the methods put forward. Each chapter has been written by experts in the field using the most up-to-date analysis techniques
